Plato's Cave

the soft creature emerges from the cave

to tell the others they're being played

 

the cave is not the all-encompassing there is

it's just the pop bottle holding in the fizz

 

but the others hold him down, have him killed

the seer is killing their collective thrill

 

there is light outside and they are blind

because up above, there is nothing to find

 

yet there is so much up there, up above

so much to see, so much to hear, so much to love

 

but now the cave is a fabric of dark matter

the seer's dream becomes duly shattered

 

pinpoints of lights in a hyperbolic canvas

humankind still stuck in a comprehension crevasse

 

humans fail at the ideal, yet they want it all

a trait defended with sharpened claws

 

so the god of perfection exists in sine-wave form

and living in Plato's cave is the bedrock norm

Reviews

[Michael Kevin Spencer]

This is great stuff and I have always been a fan of the Cave.

These idols or money and the nuclear family though are pretty pervasive as a backup plan. The system brainwashes you to follow the norms.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks Michael. I have to wonder though if humans love norms in general.

[Michael Kevin Spencer]

Yes being normative is adaptive to survival and procreation, so I've heard :P

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I only learned of this story after I began writing in late 2009. I do believe you have written a perfect piece about it.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, Neva. I first learned about in philosophy class about a decade ago. It was very interesting to say the least.